Glossary

AI teammate

A role-specific AI agent in Type. It has a cloud computer, harness (agent runtime), custom instructions, connectors, skills, tasks, threads, and visibility settings.

Sidekick

Your private AI teammate. It is scoped to one user and personal context.

Connector

An app, API, or data-source integration Type knows how to use.

Connection

A configured instance of a connector, usually authenticated with OAuth, an API key, or custom API settings.

Skill

A reusable workflow made of Markdown instructions and optional scripts or assets.

Task

A schedule or event trigger that starts teammate work without a person manually opening a thread. Tasks were previously called Automations.

Memory

Useful context Type saves from prior workspace activity. Memory can belong to the whole organization, one AI teammate, or one user.

Document

An editable written file for reports, knowledge bases, briefs, SOPs, and other work that people and AI teammates can create, reference, revise, share, and update.

App

A teammate-built web app for structured tasks such as trackers, CRMs, dashboards, queues, and internal workflows. Apps can have their own database and can use connected integrations.

Library

The sidebar surface for browsing what your channels have created, including apps, documents, PDFs, uploaded files, and version history.

Thread

A conversation or task surface where humans, AI teammates, apps, files, skills, tool calls, and previews stay together.

Composer

The message input where people write thread replies, mention people or apps, attach files, invoke skills, and control whether AI should respond.

Inbox

Your personal notification queue. Inbox items can be unread, read, or archived.

Feed

A broad thread activity view for one AI teammate.

Triage

A focused thread review view for one AI teammate.

Ping

A direct message with a human teammate.

Harness

The agent runtime that powers a teammate, such as Type-hosted Claude Code or Codex, or user-hosted OpenClaw where enabled.